무성한 소문 끝에 드디어 발매되는 영국 출신의 세계적인 슈퍼 밴드 ‘라디오헤드’(Radiohead)의 브레인 보컬겸 리더 톰 요크(Thom Yorke)의 첫 번째 솔로 앨범! 전세계 록 팬들과 평단으로부터 사상 초유의 스포트라이트를 받고 있는 2006년 최고의 기대작! 미국과 영국 언론들이 벌써부터 톱 뉴스로 다루며 관심을 증폭하고 있는 바로 그 화제의 음반! 2006년 6월에 발표되는 톰 요크의 솔로작 ‘The Eraser’는 라디오헤드의 리더이자 보컬리스트로써, 또 지구촌 록 신을 이끌고 있는 최정상급 아티스트로서 그의 면모가 완벽하게 발휘된 걸작으로 손색이 없다. 음반 발매전 각종 인터뷰를 통해 그는 자신의 솔로 데뷔에 자신감을 보이며 “멋진 곡들을 모아놓은 작품’이라고 스스로의 입장을 밝혔다. 이에 걸맞게 앨범은 라디오헤드의 최근 작품들을 연상시키는 몽환적 사운드스케이프 위에 톰 요크만의 걸출한 노래 실력을 덧입혀 단연 ‘올해의 앨범’급의 완성도를 쾌척하고 있다. 그의 철학적이며 깊은 성찰의 정신세계를 표현한 타이틀 곡 ‘The Eraser’를 포함해 총 9곡의 중장편을 수록하고 있는 톰 요크의 이번 솔로 처녀작은 아마도 ‘가장 탁월한 밴드로부터의 독립 앨범’으로서 역사에 영원의 이름을 아로새길 것이다. 그의 명성과 실력, 그리고 음반의 완성도를 고려해볼 때, 한국에서도 폭풍적인 인기 퍼레이드가 불 것임에 확실하다 하겠다. 모던락 및 라디오헤드의 팬이라면 반드시 소장해야 될 높은 가치를 선사한다. .... ....
Please excuse me but I got to ask Are you only being nice Because you want something My fairy tale arrow pierces Be careful how you respond 'Cause you'd not end up in this song I never gave you an encouragement And it's doing me in Doing me in Doing me in Doing me in
The more you try to erase me The more, the more The more that I appear Oh the more, the more The more you try the eraser The more, the more The more that you appear
You know the answer so why do you ask I am only being nice Because I want someone, something You're like a kitten with a ball of yarn And it's doing me in Doing me in Doing me in Doing me in
The more you try to erase me The more, the more The more that I appear Oh the more, the more The more I try to erase you The more, the more The more that you appear No, you're wrong, you're wrong You're wrong, you're wrong You're wrong, you're wrong You're wrong
A self-fulfilling prophecy of endless possibilty You roll in reams across the street In algebra, in algebra The fences that you cannot climb The sentences that do not rhyme In all that you can ever change The one you're looking for It gets you down It gets you down There's no spark No light in the dark It gets you down It gets you down You traveled far What have you found That there's no time There's no time To analyse To think things through To make sense Like cows in the city, they never looked so pretty By power carts and blackouts Sleeping like babies It gets you down It gets you down You're just playing a part You're just playing a part You're playing a part Playing a part And there's no time There's no time To analyse Analyse Analyse
Time is running out for us But you just move the hands upon the clock You throw coins in the wishing well For us You just move your hands upon the wall
It comes to you begging you to stop Wake up But you just move your hands upon the clock Throw coins in the wishing well For us You make believe that you are still in charge
What will grow quickly, that you can't make straight It's the price you gotta pay Do yourself a favour and pack you bags Buy a ticket and get on the train Buy a ticket and get on the train Cause this is fucked up, fucked up Cause this is fucked up, fucked up People get crushed like biscuit crumbs And laid down in the bed you made You have tried your best to please everyone But it just isn't happening No, it just isn't happening And it's fucked up, fucked up And this is fucked up, fucked up This your blind spot, blind spot It should be obvious, but it's not. But it isn't, but it isn't You cannot kickstart a dead horse You just crush yourself and walk away I don't care what the future holds Cause I'm right here in your arms today With your fingers you can touch me I'm your black swan, black swan But I made it to the top, made it to the top This is fucked up, fucked up You are fucked up, fucked up This is fucked up, fucked up Be your black swan, black swan I'm for spare parts, broken up
I'm in a skip divided malfunction I flap around and dive bomb Frantically around your light Enveloped in a sad distraction I got your voice repeating endlessly Could you guide me in? Could you smother me? I swoop around your head But I never hit I'm blinded by your daylight Electric veins pass through me I thought there was this big connection I only got my name I only got the situation I just need a number and location Without appropriate papers or permissions I'm known to bite in tight situations And I head into your french windows I thought there was a big connection I only got my name I only got my situation I just need my number and location And my mum keeps telling me Hey hey hey hey hey hey The devil may Hey hey hey hey hey hey You are a fool [x2] For sticking round [x2] Yeah you are a fool [x2] For sticking round [x2] I tried every trick in the book I tried to look and knew Every trick in the book But how come I look? No more common dress or elliptical caress Don't look into your eyes cause I'm desperately in love In love When you walk in the room everything disappears When you walk in the room it's a terrible mess When you walk in the room I start to melt When you walk in the room I follow you round Like a dog, I'm a dog, I'm a dog, I'm a lapdog I'm your lapdog, yeah I just got a number and location I just need my number and location
No more going to the dark side with your flying saucer eyes No more falling down a wormhole that I have to pull you out The wriggling, squiggling worm inside Devours from the inside out No more talk about the old days It's time for something great I want you to get out And make it work So many lies So many lies So many lies So feel the love come off of them And take me in your arms Peel all of your layers off I want to eat your artichoke heart No more leaky holes in your brain And no false starts I wanna get out And make it work So many lies So many lies So many lies So feel the love come off of them And take me in your arms I wanna get out And make it work I want you to get out And make it work I'll be ok So many lies So many lies So many lies So feel the love come off of them And take me in your arms
And it rained all night and washed the filth away Down New York airconditioned drains The click click clack of the heavy black trains A million engines in neutral The tick tock tick of a ticking timebomb Fifty feet of concrete underground One little leak becomes a lake Says the tiny voice in my earpiece So I give in to the rhythm The click click clack I'm too wasted to fight back Tick tack goes the pendulum on the old grandfather clock I can see you But I can never reach you And it rained all night and then all day The drops were the size of your hands and face The worms come out to see what's up We pull the cars up from the river It's relentless Invisible Indefatigable Indisputable Undeniable So how come it looks so beautiful? How come the moon falls from the sky? I can see you But I can never reach you I can see you But I can never reach you
Thom Yorke Harrowdown Hill Lyrics Don’t walk the plank like I did You will be dispensed with When you’ve become inconvienent In the harrowdown hill Where you went to school Thats where I am Thats where I’m lying down
Did I fall or was I pushed? Did I fall or was I pushed? And wheres the blood? And wheres the blood?
I’m coming home I’m coming home To make it all right So dry your eyes
We think the same things at the same time We just cant do anything about it
So don’t ask me Ask the ministry Don’t ask me Ask the ministry
We think the same things at the same time There are so many of us So you can’t count
We think the same things at the same time There are too many of us So you can’t count
Can you see me when I’m running? Can you see me when I’m running? Away from them
I can’t take their pressure No one cares if you live or die They just want me gone They want me gone
I’m coming home I’m coming home To make it all right So dry your eyes
We think the same things at the same time We just cant do anything about it
We think the same things at the same time There are too many of us So you can’t count
It was a slippery slippery slippery slope It was a slippery slippery slippery slope I feel me slipping in and out of conciousness I feel me slipping in and out of conciousness Lyrics > Thom Yorke Lyrics
Try to save it but it doesnt come off the rock Try to build a wall that is high enough It's all boiling over a All boiling over Try to save your house Try to save your songs Try to run But it follows you up a hill It's all boiling over All boiling over Your little voice Your little voice No more conversation No more conversation You should took me out when you had the chance You should took me out when you had the chance All the rooms were numbered And the losers turned away Don't turn away Don't turn away
(2003) 이후 3년 만에 들어보는 톰 요크의 목소리는 여전히 매력적이다. 흐느끼다가 연기처럼 흩어지곤 하는 그의 목소리가 에서 달라진 점이 있다면, 더 제멋대로라는 것이다. 라디오헤드의 프론트맨 톰 요크는 자신의 밴드가 (1993)로 데뷔한 지 13년 만에 첫 솔로 앨범을 냈다. 최근 과의 인터뷰에서 그는 이후 멤버간의 의사소통이 이전만큼 쉽지 않다는 이야기를 털어놓은 바 있다. 는 톰 요크가 스스로 정말 하고 싶었던 음악으로만 채워진 혼잣말 같은 앨범이다.
베이스기타 사운드마저 배제한 는 순수 일렉트로닉 음반이다. 몇개의 전자사운드들이 드럼, 베이스, 기타, 키보드 따위의 역할을 각각 나눠 맡고 있는데 그 조화는 어쿠스틱팝이나 포크록처럼 검소하다. 톰 요크의 목소리가 실린 멜로디는 ...
스스로 ‘고독한 로커’라고 생각하는 사람들. 담배 한 개비 물고 관성처럼 거친 목소리로 노래 부른다.“벗 아임 어 크립 / 아임 어 위어도…”
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그러나 부랑아 같던 그의 목소리는 6일 발매되는 그의 첫 번째 솔로 앨범 ‘더 이레이저’에서 마치 지우개로 지워진 듯하다. 미성에 가까운 그의 목소리와 일렉트로닉 사운드가 아로새겨진 디지털 시대의 ‘크립’이다.
‘라디오헤드’ 데뷔 후 13년 만에 발표되는 첫 솔로 앨범에서는 맑은 새벽을 연상시키는 투명한 전자음악 ‘애널라이시스’가 타이틀곡. 하지만 “도대체 왜 솔로 앨범을 냈나”라는 근원적 질문에 대한 해답은 나오지 않는다.
직접 요크의 말을 들어보자. “노트...
1990년대 이후 등장한 최고의 영국 록 밴드는 단연 오아시스와 라디오헤드다. 1994년 데뷔 음반 ‘Definitely Maybe’를 들고 등장한 오아시스는 블러,스웨이드 등과 함께 소위 ‘브릿팝’으로 불리는 영국 기타 팝 밴드의 전성기를 주도했다.
오아시스가 비틀즈에 젖줄을 댄 달콤한 멜로디와 다소 촌스러운 영국식 로큰롤 사운드를 절묘하게 배합해 대중들의 전폭적인 지지를 받았다면,한 해 먼저 등장한 라디오헤드는 감수성 짙은 멜로디와 노이즈 섞인 기타 선율로 추종자들을 불러모았다. 감성적 멜로디를 특징으로 하는 뮤즈,콜드플레이,킨 등이 모두 라디오헤드의 영향을 받은 밴드들이다. 라디오헤드 최고의 히트곡인 ‘Creep’은 우리나라에서도 가장 사랑받는 팝 음악중의 한 곡으로 기록되고 있으며 1997년작 ...